drilling in the case

[cbiltsouris]

hey everyone

just on what drill I have to use to drill through my case, im pretty sure the case aluminum and steel also do I have to take out my motherboard? I dont see why I have to, correct me if Im wrong there. I want to drill some holes because cable management in the raven is crap.

 

[lasher]

Use a metal drill bit.

And for gods sake remove everything.

Swarf can get everywhere. Hoover up after yourself as well. Never cut / drill with components installed dude!!!

this is a handy tool for getting hole sizes correct

 

[SnW]

And please let the drill do the work don't push it with aluminum or it will look like rats had helped you ...

 

[hmmblah]

Use a metal drill bit.

And for gods sake remove everything.

Swarf can get everywhere. Hoover up after yourself as well. Never cut / drill with components installed dude!!!

What he said ^^^

As you are drilling you will have metal shavings everywhere. Be sure to get all of the bits out before you put your machine back together.

 

[cbiltsouris]

okk so I will strip it tommorow then ill start drilling and see what the out come is

 

[Stryker64]

As mentioned before remove EVERYTHING the last thing you want to do is lose control and drilling a hole through your CPU or graphics card, no matter how good the warranty is I doubt they'll let you RMA if it has a drill bit stuck in it.

Also as everyone else has said metal shavings = bad, can even cause shorts.

EDIT: I would also apply tape over the and around the area I'm about to drill, I find it that tends to make the holes neater and prevents flaking to a certain degree. Both sides of the area btw. Masking tape btw anything like duct tape might end up riping off more of the finish. And that's my 2 cents on drilling stuff.

 

[thestepster]

i seen ur posts b4 that u paid someone to build ur rig after you couldnt get it working, u gonna be able to put it back together ok?

 

[cbiltsouris]

I'll be fine stepster

I finished drilling and I've managed to to Put the cables that I needed through although there are some marks which I'll just touch up with some paint

 

[Pseudonym]

You may also want to put some edging around the new hole. It depends what you used to cut it, but a sharp edge can easily cut one of those cables (or your fingers) in two.

You can either use THIS stuff, or take a file to it. If it's not very sharp using paint might work for a while, but dulling the edge would be better.